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PrepTest 109 - Section 1 - Question 3

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Juan: Unlike the ancient Olympic games on which they are based, the modern Olympics include professional as well as amateur athletes. ███ █████ ████████ ██████ ████ ███ █████████ ██ ████████ █████████ █████████ ██ ██████████████ ██ ██ ████████ ████ ███ ████████ ████ ████ █████ █ ███████ █████████ ██ █████████████ ██ █████ ███████ ██████ ██ █████ ████████ ███████ ███████ ██████████████ ██████ ███ ████████ ██ ████████████ ████████ ████████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████ █████████ ██ ███ ██████

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Speaker 1 Summary

Juan thinks that having professional athletes compete in the Olympics violates the spirit of fairness underpinning the games. Why? Because professional athletes will likely not be seriously challenged by amateurs. This is further backed up by the fact that professionals generally have more resources than amateurs.

Speaker 2 Summary

Michiko argues that professional athletes should be allowed to compete in the Olympics. Why? Because the point of the Olympics is to display the best athletes in the world, even if they’re the best because they have more resources.

Objective

We need to find a point of disagreement. Juan and Michiko disagree about the most important principle behind the Olympics: Juan thinks it’s fairness, but Michiko thinks it’s showcasing excellence.

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Juan thinks that the participation of professionals is not in accord, but Michiko thinks it is—this is the disagreement. This is because Juan thinks that fairness is the key ideal of the Olympics, but Michiko thinks the Olympics are about displaying athletic excellence.

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Juan claims in passing that amateurs and professionals did not both compete in the ancient Olympics, but Michiko neither agrees nor disagrees. Michiko just talks about the modern Olympics.

whether the athletes ███ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ████████ ███ ███ ███████ ██████

Neither speaker actually says whether modern Olympic athletes are the world’s best or not. Michiko indicates that they should be the best, but even then doesn’t discuss whether that reflect reality.

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Neither speaker makes an absolute claim that no amateurs have the same resources as professionals. Juan says that amateurs “rarely” have those resources, and Michiko says nothing at all about who has resources.

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Neither speaker mentions government sponsorship of athletes at all.

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98% of people who answer get this correct

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75% 137

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